Bad Manners – Ska ‘n’ B
(Magnet Records 1980 MAGL5033)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little light ringwear
Inner Sleeve has some foxing spots but no splits
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Bad Manners are an English ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Early appearances included Top of The Pops and the live film documentary, Dance Craze.
They were at their most popular during the early 1980s, during a period when other ska revival bands such as Madness, The Specials and The Selecter filled the charts. Bad Manners spent 111 weeks in the UK Singles Chart between 1980 and 1983, and they also achieved chart success with their first four studio albums with Gosh It’s… Bad Manners, Loonee Tunes! and Ska ‘n’ B being their biggest hits.
Ska’n’B is the first album by Bad Manners from the year 1980. It reached number 34 on the UK album chart.
Track listing
- All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.
- “Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu” (Eddie Dean/Al Dredick) – 2:35
- “Here Comes The Major” – 2:54
- “Fatty Fatty” (Clancy Eccles/Leroy Sibbles) – 2:25
- “King Ska/Fa” – 4:22
- “Monster Mash” (Leonard Capizzi/Bobby “Boris” Pickett) – 3:01
- “Caledonia” (Louis Jordan/Fleecie Moore) – 2:58
- “Magnificent 7” (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:31
- “Wooly Bully” (Domingo Samudio) – 3:09
- “Lip Up Fatty” – 2:48
- “Special Brew” – 3:37
- “Inner London Violence” – 3:56
- “Scruffy, The Huffy Chuffy Tugboat” – 1:39
Personnel
- Buster Bloodvessel – Vocals
- Louis ‘Alphonso’ Cook – Guitar
- David Farren – Bass
- Brian Tuitt – Drums
- Martin Stewart – Keyboards
- Chris Kane – Saxophone
- Andrew Marson – Saxophone
- Paul “Gus” Hyman – Trumpet
- Winston Bazoomies – Harmonica
- Roger Lomas – Production
- Recorded at Horizon Studios, Coventry
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